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Focal Point: This postwar image shows the cotton gin building, at right, that was just behind the Union lines at the Battle of Franklin. (Courtesy The Battle of Franklin Trust)
Focal Point: This postwar image shows the cotton gin building, at right, that was just behind the Union lines at the Battle of Franklin. (Courtesy The Battle of Franklin Trust)